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now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president supports the plan by senate majority leader harry reid which includes $2.70 trillion in savings, no tax increases, and no cuts to social security or medicare. the president spoke from the east room of >> the government had a surplus but the money was spent on the two wars and expensive prescription drug program. as a result, the deficit was on track to top $1 trillion, the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant that there was less money coming in and it required us to spend even more. on text cuts for middle-class families to spur the economy and unemployment insurance, and aid to
now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president...
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so let's break it down with the big boys. charlie cook, publish of the cook report and stu, editor of the rot then berg political report. >> he's already making fat jokes. >> by the way, it's louisiana week. i had john brill here yesterday and i get charlie today. we can look at where we are, busting out the ipad. i know that you guys love this. it's a 53/47 majority. they have to net four or three if republicans get the presidency. so let's look at the best opportunity for stu for the republican. we put up, you seem to collectively agree, six states that are already leaning republican or pure toss ups. >> north dakota was in the bank already. it's a good, open seat. and then after that you go to three or four races and i think even money for the republicans and you have to like how they started. that would be nebraska, montana, or missouri in difficult states fundamentally leaning states. >> look, charlie cook, you take those four, pure toss ups all the way to election day, take those other four. of those four, which ones sh
so let's break it down with the big boys. charlie cook, publish of the cook report and stu, editor of the rot then berg political report. >> he's already making fat jokes. >> by the way, it's louisiana week. i had john brill here yesterday and i get charlie today. we can look at where we are, busting out the ipad. i know that you guys love this. it's a 53/47 majority. they have to net four or three if republicans get the presidency. so let's look at the best opportunity for stu for...
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what is thought to be a basic subatomic particle and proof is provided by the big bang machine. these are massive 17 or 18-mile-long particle accelerators built in geneva, switzerland and illinois. and so what is the god particle and what is confirmation of the existence after decades of searching actually mean? joining me is eric pits from the franklin institute, chief astronomer, and derrick, this is going to grab a lot of people's attention and why is it called the god particle, and what is it? >> well, the god particle is known as a higgs bosign and it is by the standard methods of physics not discovered yet. this is crucial, because it is the one particle that scientists will help us to understand basic things about the universe as you said, be one of the most basic ones is that we don't understand why particles have mass, so it is hoped that by discovering this particle we might be able to figure that out as well as figure out things about the early history of the universe, et cetera, et cetera. >> and derrick, tell us more ant the big bang machines, and these are the mach
what is thought to be a basic subatomic particle and proof is provided by the big bang machine. these are massive 17 or 18-mile-long particle accelerators built in geneva, switzerland and illinois. and so what is the god particle and what is confirmation of the existence after decades of searching actually mean? joining me is eric pits from the franklin institute, chief astronomer, and derrick, this is going to grab a lot of people's attention and why is it called the god particle, and what is...
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because the figure is shock ingly big. $130 billion. roughly the gross domestic product of new zealand. it's the amount of u.s. businesses will spend this year during with data breaches, cyber crimes. the security research company said that's more than tripled than companies spent five years ago. >>> do you want to hear the transportation secretary of the united states get mad? well, this story did it. you might not appreciate it, either. congress hasn't reauthorized the faa the agency is losing about $200 million every week in taxes. many airlines have increased fares, now listen to ray lahood. he's madder than a first class passenger who gets a warm mimosa. >> they're charging the public for a tax that doesn't exist. and putting it on their bottom line and almost every airline, except for one, made money last year because of baggage fees, because of pillow fees, because of blanket fees, because of food fees. >> it appears that investors aren't allowing the debt stalemate in the way here. checking the markets today. the hang seng and t
because the figure is shock ingly big. $130 billion. roughly the gross domestic product of new zealand. it's the amount of u.s. businesses will spend this year during with data breaches, cyber crimes. the security research company said that's more than tripled than companies spent five years ago. >>> do you want to hear the transportation secretary of the united states get mad? well, this story did it. you might not appreciate it, either. congress hasn't reauthorized the faa the agency...
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there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the task and i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker john boehner there at the speaker's ceremonial office up on capitol hill. another set of dueling set of remarks by the president and the speaker. tonight you can watch both of them over on c-span a bit later this evening and watch them at our website c-span.org. we'll go to your calls. want to bring up one story from the "huffington post" about what the speaker put forward in terms of debt and deficit. tea party coalition rejects boehner proposal. the "cut, cap, and balance" coalition which boasts of hundreds of tea party groups and more than 100 gop lawmakers in its membership, citing two provisions in his proposal amount to deal breakers. call for creating a congressional commission and its inclusion of a balanced budget amendment according to the group is o
there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the task and i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker john boehner there at the speaker's ceremonial office up on capitol hill. another set of dueling set of remarks by the president and the speaker. tonight you can watch both of them over on c-span a...
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i mean, that's too big a number for everybody to really consider. so i broke it down to every family in the united states. every family's part of this $63 trillion of unfunded liabilities for medicare as it exists today is over $500,000. per family. $500,000 per family. of unfunded liabilities for medicare just in the next several decades. now, i don't know about most families but my family can't afford to pay $500,000 and neither can the government. mr. gingrey: if the gentleman will yield back to me for just a second and i've got a post that are points out just exactly what the gentleman from georgia, dr. broun, is saying. the c.b.o., if you look, colleagues, at the bottom of this poster, c.b.o. estimates individual and corporate income tax rates would have to rise by 90% through the year 2050 to finance medicare and medcare cade. and if medicare is not fixed, millions of workers today will lose the money that they have invested and indeed they have invested with that payroll tax over their many years of employment and i yield back. mr. broun: tha
i mean, that's too big a number for everybody to really consider. so i broke it down to every family in the united states. every family's part of this $63 trillion of unfunded liabilities for medicare as it exists today is over $500,000. per family. $500,000 per family. of unfunded liabilities for medicare just in the next several decades. now, i don't know about most families but my family can't afford to pay $500,000 and neither can the government. mr. gingrey: if the gentleman will yield...
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there was a big thing in central park, a big blowup with the characters. >> it's smurfs week in new york. >> for those who don't this big. >> its not there. >> what are you looking at? >> there's a few processes to rehearsing to get to filming, but you work with a little gelatinous smurf. eventually they take it away and wiewr working with stickers. it's tricky. >> what's harder, working with the smurfs or doogie houser? >> he was a dream to work with. i was a big fan of his. when i got the script, i knew he was attached to the script. i was excited to work with him. >> he's been here a couple of times, he's a nice guy. >> yes, he is. >> we'll catch you on the smurfs. it opens this weekend. >> thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> meanwhile, straight ahead, what's missing from this picture? did the president just get ditched? a former economic advisor to president bush on why the white house got kicked out of the debt debate. >>> your mcdonald's happy meals are about to be replaced with a healthy meal. you can thank the fat police for that. how will that change and when? on
there was a big thing in central park, a big blowup with the characters. >> it's smurfs week in new york. >> for those who don't this big. >> its not there. >> what are you looking at? >> there's a few processes to rehearsing to get to filming, but you work with a little gelatinous smurf. eventually they take it away and wiewr working with stickers. it's tricky. >> what's harder, working with the smurfs or doogie houser? >> he was a dream to work with....